We ought to do the right thing. Now I will talk about some of the flaws that continue to exist in this bill. I begin with loophole No. 1. illegal aliens. People here illegally. are going to be part of this mass amnesty. We have discussed amnesty and whether the provisions in this bill are amnesty. I have to say I spent 30 minutes in the Senate going back to the immigration laws passed in 1986. and everyone admitted 1986 was amnesty when they passed it. They promised they would enforce the law in the future. They got the amnesty. and they didnt enforce the law. In 1986. they said there would be 1.5 million people claiming amnesty. yet over 3 million people claimed amnesty. They claimed we would have lawful immigration in the future. and now we have 11 million people here illegally. Why should the American people not have some doubts about the promises of Congress and the President to carry out a legal system that will work? Let me point out a few of the things we are dealing with. "Blacks Law Dictionary." which is the premiere dictionary that virtually every lawyer in America has on his desk. has a definition in its section on amnesty. and it is defined as the 1986 Immigration Act. It is included as one of the definitions of what amnesty is. What I suggest. essentially this current bill is probably less tight. less enforceable than the 1986 act.
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